Academy in Action: New CFE Staff | Dean's Leadership Retreat | New CLE Tool

Academy in Action

January/February 2016

COMING SOON:

As we continue to progress with our transition to the Center for Faculty Educators, the Academy in Action is also undergoing a revamping- we are excited to unveil the newly designed CFE e-newsletter which will roll-out this Spring! Please be on the look-out for this informative communication from the CFE!

Welcome New CFE Staff

Raquel Rodriguez-Piscitello
CFE Director

Happy 2016! As you now know, the AME and RaDME programs are functioning within the Center for Faculty Educators (CFE). They continue to be supported by our outstanding staff, Karen Brent, Kathleen Land, Holly Nishimura and Victoria Ruddick. With the merge of these entities into one unit came additional new roles which we are excited to announce have been filled.

Valerie Brown, CFE Operations Analyst
Valerie will coordinate workshop and meeting logistics, calendaring for Helen Loeser and Pat O'Sullivan, and serve as the central point person for all things CFE. We welcome Valerie from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, where she served as the Administrative Coordinator for the past several years.

Ivan Mendez, CFE Outreach Analyst

Ivan will be the primary point of contact for volunteer clinical faculty interested in teaching opportunities. Additionally, he will manage teaching awards processes from several awards, not limited to, Kaiser Awards, Charlotte Baer Award and Essential Core Teaching Awards. As some of you may know, since 2011, Ivan has worked in the Office of Medical Education's Assessment, Curriculum and Evaluation unit as the course coordinator for the Foundations of Patient Care and Longitudinal Clinical Experience preceptorship programs.

Please join me in welcoming Valerie and Ivan to the Center for Faculty Educators.

Collaboration Focus at Dean's Retreat

Held on January 8, the School of Medicine's annual Dean's leadership retreat focused on collaboration - how to work across the boundaries that keep us apart. Dean King welcomed faculty, leaders and influencers from the school and campus to focus collaboratively on some of the challenges and opportunities to tackle in the coming years. The group brainstormed ideas, shared ways to connect with colleagues doing similar work, and identified important tools and resources. Review the 2016 Leadership Retreat page for future updates and outcomes. By Mitzi Baker. Read more...

Save the Date: Education Showcase April 3-5

UCSF Education Showcase will be held on April 3-5, 2016 on the Mission Bay and Parnassus Campuses (April 3-4 at Mission Bay and April 5 at Parnassus). We are pleased to announce that our visiting scholar and keynote speaker on April 4 will be Karen Mann, PhD , Professor Emeritus, in the Division of Medical Education at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

On April 5 we will draw on our own local expertise. Our keynote speaker will be Karen Hauer, MD, PhD , Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Competency Assessment and Professional Standards for the UCSF School of Medicine undergraduate medical education program, will stress the role of assessment for learning. Registration information coming soon!

Scholarship Skills Modules Available on CLE

Developed by an inter-professional team of UCSF learners, staff, and faculty, with grant support from the AME's Innovations Funding Program, the Asynchronous Learning Modules on Common Scholarship Skills are now available in UCSF's Collaborative Learning Environment or CLE.

The modules focus on literature searching, proposal writing, qualitative research methods, abstract writing and poster design to help learners build skills in design, implementation, and dissemination of scholarly work.

Faculty will find this a valuable resources to refer any learners or mentees engaging in scholarly projects. AME members Anda Kuo, MD and Naomi Wortis, MD were part of the development team, and members Louise Aronson, MD and Daniel Lowenstein, MD were part of the content expert team.

Member Congratulations

Josephson Receives Holly Smith Award

S. Andrew (Andy) Josephson, MD, professor and senior executive vice chair of the Department of Neurology, is one of the recipients of the Holly Smith Award for 2016. Josephson's nominators cite him as "an omnipresent leader dedicated to helping others and taking on greater responsibilities with cheer. He exemplifies an outstanding physician and is a true role model in his devotion to patients as well as an honored educator. Within his department, he has been a major force in creating an atmosphere of inclusion and trust for residents, fellows and faculty, and combines the highest standard of professionalism with a joyful and easygoing manner that inspires all who know him.

Alicia Fernandez, MD, MPH , and Beth Wilson, MD, MPH,

have been selected to lead Focus Areas for the Differences Matter initiative.

Descartes Li, MD and Andrea Marmor, MD, MSEd, were two of 27 faculty members selected for the first group of medical student coaches in the School of Medicine Bridges Curriculum.

Robert Baron, MD, MS and several UCSF faculty were honored as "diversity champions," by UCSF's Office of Diversity and Outreach at its fifth anniversary on January 15.